California

Fish and Game Code - FGC

2,297 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 2080.2 — The Legislature finds and declares the following: (a) The historic settlement approved by Congress in the San Joaquin River Restoration Settlement Act (Part I of Subtitle A of Title X of Public Law 11
• § 2080.3 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, if any person obtains from the Secretary of Commerce an enhancement of survival permit pursuant to Section 1539(a)(1)(A) of Title 16 of the Uni
• § 2080.4 — (a) If a population of spring run Chinook salmon in the San Joaquin River is designated as an experimental population under subsection (j) of Section 1539 of Title 16 of the United States Code, no fur
• § 2080.5 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, if any person obtains from the Secretary of Commerce or the Secretary of the Interior an enhancement of survival permit pursuant to Section 153
• § 2080.6 — (a) For purposes of this chapter, “experimental population” means any population nonessential to the continued existence of an endangered, threatened, or candidate species, including any eggs, propagu
• § 2080.7 — It is the intent of the Legislature that, before the introduction of an experimental population, as defined in Section 2080.
• § 2081 — The department may authorize acts that are otherwise prohibited pursuant to Section 2080, as follows: (a) Through permits or memorandums of understanding, the department may authorize individuals, pub
• § 2081.1 — Nothing in this chapter or in any other provision of law prohibits the taking or the incidental taking of any endangered, threatened, or candidate species if the taking was authorized by the departmen
• § 2081.10 — (a) The department may authorize, under this chapter, the incidental take of unarmored threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus williamsoni) attributable to the periodic dewatering, inspection,
• § 2081.11 — (a) The department may authorize, under this chapter, the take or possession of the Lost River sucker (Deltistes luxatus and Catostomus luxatus) and shortnose sucker (Chasmistes brevirostris) resultin
• § 2081.12 — (a) The department may authorize, under this chapter, by permit, the take or possession of the blunt-nosed leopard lizard (Gambelia sila) resulting from impacts attributable to or otherwise related to
• § 2081.13 — (a) Notwithstanding Sections 3511 and 4700, the department may authorize, under this chapter, the incidental take of the salt-marsh harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys raviventris), the California Ridgway’
• § 2081.15 — (a) Notwithstanding Sections 3511, 4700, 5050, and 5515, and subject to the requirements set forth in subdivisions (c) to (g), inclusive, the department may authorize under this chapter by permit the
• § 2081.2 — (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Permit” means any authorization issued by the department pursuant to this article to take a species listed by th
• § 2081.4 — (a) The department may authorize, under this chapter, the take of the rough sculpin (Cottus asperrimus) resulting from impacts attributable to replacing the Spring Creek Bridge in the County of Shasta
• § 2081.5 — (a) The department may authorize under this chapter, by permit, the take of the Santa Cruz long-toed salamander (Ambystoma macrodactylum croceum) resulting from impacts attributable to the constructio
• § 2081.6 — (a) The department may authorize, under this chapter, the take of the unarmored threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus williamsoni) resulting from impacts attributable to the habitat restorati
• § 2081.7 — (a) Notwithstanding Sections 3511, 4700, 5050, and 5515, and contingent upon the fulfillment of the conditions listed in subdivisions (b), (c), and (d), the department may authorize, under Chapter 1.
• § 2081.8 — The Resources Agency shall undertake the necessary activities to assess the protection of recreational opportunities, including, but not limited to, hunting, fishing, boating, and birdwatching, and th
• § 2081.9 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 5050, the department may authorize, under this chapter, the incidental take of limestone salamander (Hydromantes brunus) resulting from impacts attributable to the Departme
• § 2082 — This chapter does not prohibit the sale of any endangered species or threatened species, or any part or product thereof, when the owner can demonstrate that the species, or part or product thereof, wa
• § 2083 — This chapter does not apply to the taking of fish otherwise authorized pursuant to Part 3 (commencing with Section 7600) of Division 6 or to the possession of individual animals which were lawfully po
• § 2084 — (a) The commission may authorize, subject to terms and conditions it prescribes, and based on the best available scientific information, (1) the taking of any candidate species, or (2) the taking of a
• § 2085 — The provisions of this article shall apply to any species designated as a candidate species under Section 2074.
• § 2086 — (a) The department, in cooperation with the Department of Food and Agriculture, agricultural commissioners, extension agents, farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural experts, shall adopt regulations
• § 2087 — (a) An accidental take of a candidate, threatened, or endangered species resulting from an act by a person acting as a farmer or rancher, a bona fide employee of a farmer or rancher, or an individual
• § 2088 — This article does not authorize the take of fish species and does not apply to timber harvesting governed by the State Board of Forestry.
• § 2089 — Routine and ongoing agricultural activities shall be defined by the department by regulation and shall not include the conversion of agricultural land to a nonagricultural use.
• § 2089.10 — If an agreement has been approved and the department finds that the agreement is being properly implemented, the department shall allow the landowner to alter or modify the enrolled property, even if
• § 2089.12 — (a) Unless the department determines that it is inappropriate to do so based on the nature of the management actions being proposed, the species listed in the permit, or other factors, the agreement s
• § 2089.14 — An agreement may be amended with the mutual consent of the landowner and the department.
• § 2089.16 — If a landowner seeks to sell, transfer, or otherwise alienate the land or water enrolled in the agreement during the term of the agreement, the person or entity assuming that interest in the property
• § 2089.18 — The suspension and revocation of the agreement shall be governed by suspension and revocation regulations adopted by the department.
• § 2089.2 — (a) This article shall be known and may be cited as the California State Safe Harbor Agreement Program Act.
• § 2089.20 — (a) This section does not provide the public a right of entry onto the enrolled land or water.
• § 2089.22 — (a) If any of the following agreements have been approved pursuant to applicable provisions of federal law and the federal agreement contains species that are endangered, threatened, candidate, or dec
• § 2089.23 — (a) A landowner that owns land that abuts a property enrolled in a state safe harbor agreement shall not be required, for purposes of an incidental take permit, to undertake the management activities
• § 2089.24 — The department, for informational purposes, shall maintain a list of qualified persons who have worked with the department on an approved agreement, and persons, entities, and organizations serving as
• § 2089.25 — The department may promulgate regulations to implement this article.
• § 2089.4 — As used in this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Agreement” means a state safe harbor agreement approved by the department pursuant to this article.
• § 2089.5 — (a) The department shall, to the maximum extent practicable, prioritize the review of, and decision to approve, an agreement if the property proposed to be enrolled in the agreement is encumbered by a
• § 2089.6 — (a) In addition to the other provisions of this article, the department may authorize acts that are or may become otherwise prohibited pursuant to Section 2000, 2080, or 2085 through an agreement, inc
• § 2089.7 — The department may authorize the taking of the Owens pupfish in the Owens River watershed if the take is authorized under an agreement pursuant to this article.
• § 2089.8 — The landowner shall submit all of the following: (a) A detailed map depicting the land proposed to be enrolled in the agreement.
• § 2089.9 — (a) As used in this section, “proprietary information” means information that is all of the following: (1) Related to an agricultural operation or land that is a part of an agricultural operation.
• § 2116 — As used in this chapter, “wild animal” means any animal of the class Aves (birds), class Mammalia (mammals), class Amphibia (frogs, toads, salamanders), class Osteichtyes (bony fishes), class Monorhin
• § 2116.5 — The Legislature finds and declares that wild animals are being captured for importation and resale in California; that some populations of wild animals are being depleted; that many animals die in cap
• § 2117 — As used in this chapter, “enforcing officers” means the department, the state plant quarantine officers, the local law enforcement agents, the county sheriffs, and the county agricultural commissioner
• § 2118 — It is unlawful to import, transport, possess, or release alive into this state, except under a revocable, nontransferable permit as provided in this chapter and the regulations pertaining thereto, any
• § 2118.2 — Except as provided in Section 1007, it is unlawful to import any elk (genus Cervus) into this state.
• § 2118.3 — No part of any elk horn or antler shall be removed from any live elk for commercial purposes.
• § 2118.4 — The department shall seize any elk imported in violation of Section 2118.
• § 2118.5 — The commission may designate wild animals which may be possessed without a permit.
• § 2119 — The department shall publish from time to time as changes arise, a list of animals that may not be imported or transported into this state.
• § 2120 — (a) The commission, in cooperation with the Department of Food and Agriculture, shall adopt regulations governing both (1) the entry, importation, possession, transportation, keeping, confinement, or
• § 2121 — No person having possession or control over any wild animal under this chapter shall intentionally free, or knowingly permit the escape, or release of such an animal, except in accordance with the reg
• § 2122 — The commission shall promulgate regulations in cooperation with the State Department of Food and Agriculture for the guidance of enforcing officers.
• § 2123 — The department in cooperation with the State Department of Food and Agriculture shall furnish descriptive and illustrative material concerning the wild animals enumerated in or designated pursuant to
• § 2124 — (a) Except as otherwise authorized by this code or regulations adopted pursuant to this code, including, but not limited to, those provisions that authorize raising deer to produce venison for market,
• § 2125 — (a) In addition to any other penalty provided by law, any person who violates this chapter or any regulations implementing this chapter, is subject to a civil penalty of not less than five hundred dol
• § 2126 — (a) Except as otherwise authorized by this code or regulations made pursuant thereto, it is unlawful for any person to take any mammal enumerated in or designated pursuant to Section 2118.
• § 2127 — (a) The department may reimburse eligible local entities, pursuant to a memorandum of understanding entered into pursuant to this section, for costs incurred by the eligible local entities in the admi
• § 2128 — (a) (1) Any person who houses, possesses, manages, or is in direct contact with an elephant shall not do either of the following: (A) Use a bullhook, ankus, baseball bat, axe handle, pitchfork, or oth
• § 2150 — (a) (1) The department, in cooperation with the Department of Food and Agriculture, may, upon application, issue a written permit to import into, possess, or transport within this state any wild anima
• § 2150.1 — Fees collected pursuant to this chapter for permits, permit applications, and facility inspections shall be deposited in the Fish and Game Preservation Fund.
• § 2150.2 — The department shall establish fees for permits, permit applications, and facility inspections in amounts sufficient to cover the costs of administering, implementing, and enforcing this chapter.
• § 2150.3 — (a) The director shall appoint a committee to advise the director on the humane care and treatment of wild animals.
• § 2150.4 — (a) The department or an eligible local entity shall inspect the wild animal facilities, as determined by the director’s advisory committee, of each person holding a permit issued pursuant to Section
• § 2150.5 — Classes, orders, families, genera, and species which may not be imported, transported, possessed, or released alive in this state solely because of concern for the welfare of the animal may be possess
• § 2151 — A permit shall be issued only upon written application from the person desiring to import or transport the species, enumerating all of the following: (a) The approximate number and true scientific nam
• § 2152 — Each permit issued shall set forth all of the following: (a) The number and true scientific name of the species of wild animal for which the permit is granted.
• § 2153 — Whenever any permit is issued under the provisions of this article, one copy shall be sent by the department to the State Department of Food and Agriculture, one copy to the county agricultural commis
• § 2155 — The provisions of this chapter and regulations adopted pursuant thereto shall apply to the progeny of any wild animal imported or possessed under such laws and regulations, except that no permit shall
• § 2156 — Neither the provisions of this chapter nor the regulations of the commission shall prevent any city or county from enacting ordinances relating to the possession or care of wild animals provided such
• § 2157 — (a) Every person holding a permit issued pursuant to Section 2150 shall uniquely identify each wild mammal that poses a risk to the health and safety of the public and report this identification to th
• § 2185 — (a) Any person who transports, receives, or imports into the state, or transports within the state, any live wild animal enumerated in or designated pursuant to Section 2118, shall hold that animal in
• § 2186 — (a) If during inspection upon arrival any wild animal is found to be diseased, or there is reason to suspect the presence of disease, or there is reason to suspect the presence of disease that is or m
• § 2187 — (a) Whenever any wild animal is brought into this state under permit, as provided in this chapter, the enforcing officers may, from time to time, examine the conditions under which that species is kep
• § 2189 — (a) As used in this section “nonnative wild animal” means any nonnative animal species, or hybrid thereof, that is not normally domesticated pursuant to this code or regulations adopted pursuant there
• § 219 — Any regulation adopted pursuant to this article may supersede any section of this code designated by number in the regulation, but shall do so only to the extent specifically provided in the regulatio
• § 2190 — It is unlawful for any person who keeps in confinement, with or without a permit, any wild animal of a species enumerated in or designated pursuant to Section 2118, to liberate, ship, or transport the
• § 2192 — Notwithstanding Part 2.
• § 2193 — (a) Every person who holds a permit issued pursuant to Section 2150 shall immediately report by telephone the intentional or unintentional escape or release of the wild animal, to the department and t
• § 2195 — When a wild animal enumerated in, or designated pursuant to, Section 671 of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations is properly confiscated by the department, the new custodian with whom the an
• § 22 — “Bird” means a wild bird or part of a wild bird.
• § 2200 — For purposes of this article, “mammal” means any wild animal of the class Mammalia as specified in Article 1 (commencing with Section 2116) or regulations adopted pursuant thereto which affects commer
• § 2201 — The Animal Trust Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury.
• § 2202 — The department may seek grants and accept donations from private and public organizations and agencies for the purposes of this article for deposit in the Animal Trust Fund.
• § 2203 — (a) The director, with the advice of the committee established pursuant to Section 2150.
• § 2207 — This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the Circus Cruelty Prevention Act.
• § 2208 — (a) For purposes of this article, except as provided in subdivision (b), the term “circus” means a performance before a live audience in which entertainment consisting of a variety of acts, such as ac
• § 2209 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a person shall not sponsor, conduct, or operate a circus in this state that uses any animal other than a domestic dog, domestic cat, or domesticated horse.
• § 2210 — (a) In addition to any other penalty provided by law, a person who violates this article, or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant to this article, shall be liable for a civil penalty of no more tha
• § 2225 — Except as otherwise provided, it is unlawful for any common carrier to transport any live protected nongame bird or any live resident or migratory game bird for which there is no open season.
• § 2250 — It is unlawful to import or transport any live muskrat (genus Ondatra) into, or possess any live muskrat in, California except under permit issued by the department pursuant to Section 2118, or as oth
• § 2270 — It is unlawful for any person to receive, bring, or cause to be brought into this state, for the purpose of propagation, any fish, reptile, amphibian, or aquatic plant from any place wherein any infec
• § 2270.5 — Section 2270 does not apply to the importation of live aquatic plants or animals for aquaculture purposes by a registered aquaculturist if the importation has been approved by the department pursuant
• § 2271 — (a) No live aquatic plant or animal may be imported into this state without the prior written approval of the department pursuant to regulations adopted by the commission.
• § 2272 — Each package containing any live aquatic plant or animal shall bear, in a conspicuous place, a tag on which shall be stated the name and address of the consignor, the name and address of the consignee
• § 2300 — (a) No person shall sell, possess, import, transport, transfer, release alive in the state, or give away without consideration the salt water algae of the genus Caulerpa.
• § 2301 — (a) (1) Except as authorized by the department, a person shall not possess, import, ship, or transport in the state, or place, plant, or cause to be placed or planted in any water within the state, in
• § 2302 — (a) Any person, or federal, state, or local agency, district, or authority that owns or manages a reservoir, as defined in Section 6004.
• § 2303 — For purposes of this chapter, “invasive mussel” means any nonnative detrimental mussel species that is capable of spreading in freshwater and is listed in a regulation adopted by the commission pursua
• § 2345 — This article applies to all dead wild birds, mammals, fish, reptiles, and amphibians.
• § 2346 — It is unlawful for a common carrier or his or her agent to transport for, or to receive for transportation from, any one person, during any interval of time, more than the bag limit of birds, mammals,
• § 2347 — It is unlawful for any person to offer for transportation by common carrier during any interval of time more than the bag limit of birds, mammals, fish, reptiles, or amphibians that may legally be tak
• § 2348 — (a) The outside of a package offered to or received by a common carrier or the carrier’s agent for transportation, or transported by a common carrier or agent, that contains a bird, mammal, fish, rept
• § 2349 — No bird, mammal, fish, reptile, or amphibian, except smoked, cured, or dried fish other than trout, may be shipped by parcel post.
• § 2350 — It is unlawful to transport or carry a deer or game bird out of this state, except by the holder of a nonresident hunting license or under a written permit issued by the department.
• § 2352 — Except as permitted by this code, it is unlawful for any common carrier to transport any protected nongame bird, or to transport any resident or migratory game bird for which there is no open season.
• § 2353 — (a) Birds, mammals, fish, reptiles, or amphibians shall not be imported or possessed in this state unless all of the following requirements are met: (1) The animals were legally taken and legally poss
• § 2354 — Marlin meat may not be transported out of this State.
• § 2355 — Deer may be transported into this State only when in accordance with the law of the state in which the deer was taken, and when in accordance with the law of this State and the regulations of the comm
• § 2356 — (a) It is unlawful to offer for shipment, ship, receive for shipment, or transport from this state, any trout taken in the waters of this state, except as provided in subdivision (b): (b) The followin
• § 2358 — It is unlawful to ship trout into an area where the season is closed unless the shipment is accompanied by a written statement containing the name and address of, and signed by, the person taking the
• § 2359 — Except as provided in Section 2363, striped bass may be transported or carried out of or into this state only as follows: (a) A resident of California, or the holder of a valid nonresident California
• § 2360 — Black bass and spotted bass lawfully taken may be carried or transported into and possessed in an area where the season is closed.
• § 2361 — It is unlawful to import into this state for commercial purposes any salmon of smaller size than can be legally taken under regulations of either the Pacific Fishery Management Council or the state of
• § 2362 — Yellowtail, barracuda, and white seabass taken in waters lying south of the maritime boundary line between the United States and Mexico, with that maritime boundary line including, but not limited to,
• § 2363 — Striped bass, sturgeon, or shad legally taken in another state that permits the sale of that fish may be imported into this state under regulations of the commission.
• § 2364 — Crab meat from outside the State may be imported into the State under regulations of the commission.
• § 2365 — Spiny lobsters may be imported into California until the twenty-sixth day after the close of the California season.
• § 2368 — No pismo clam taken in this State may be shipped.
• § 2369 — Pismo clams taken outside this state may be imported into this state when accompanied by a United States customhouse entry certificate showing their place of origin, and a certificate or clearance fro
• § 2371 — Abalone or abalone meat legally taken outside this state may be imported into this state when accompanied by a United States customhouse entry certificate showing the place of origin, and a certificat
• § 24 — “Buy” includes an offer to buy, purchase, barter, exchange, or trade.
• § 2400 — (a) A common carrier may transport the carcass of a dead domesticated game bird or mammal tagged with a domesticated game breeder’s tag as provided in Article 1 (commencing with Section 3200) of Chapt
• § 2401 — Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3206, the carcasses or parts of domesticated game birds which have been raised outside of this State may be imported into this State, and transported, sold, o
• § 250 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), this article applies to a commission regulation that governs the take or possession of any bird, mammal, fish, amphibian, or reptile.
• § 2535 — As used in this chapter, “guide” means any person who is engaged in the business of packing or guiding, or who, for a fee, assists another person in taking or attempting to take any bird, mammal, fish
• § 2536 — (a) It is unlawful for any person to engage in the business of guiding or packing, or to act as a guide for any consideration or compensation whatever, without first having secured a guide license fro
• § 2537 — A person operating under a commercial passenger fishing boat license issued pursuant to Section 7920 is not required to obtain a guide license.
• § 2538 — An application for a guide license shall be on a form furnished by the department on request.
• § 2539 — If the licensee operates with pack or riding animals in any area in which a grazing permit is required, the license is not valid unless the holder thereof has a valid grazing permit for the area.
• § 2540 — (a) The base fee for a guide license issued to a resident is one hundred fifty dollars ($150).
• § 2541 — Each applicant for a guide license shall submit proof of having obtained a surety bond in the amount of not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000), conditioned on faithful performance of the guide an
• § 2542 — The commission shall adopt regulations governing the conduct and qualifications of guides to ensure the safety and welfare of persons engaging the services of a guide, and may adopt regulations govern
• § 2543 — The commission may require licensed guides to maintain and submit records of their operations.
• § 2544 — The department may refuse to issue a guide license to an applicant upon a showing of any of the following: (a) The applicant has failed to fulfill his responsibilities to a client.
• § 2545 — An applicant denied a guide license by the department may request a hearing before the commission and the commission shall determine whether or not the license shall be issued.
• § 2546 — The commission may revoke a guide license or the privilege to guide upon a showing of any of the following: (a) The licensee has been convicted of a violation of this code or any regulation adopted pu
• § 255 — (a) When adopting, amending, or repealing a regulation governed by this article, the commission shall conduct the following steps at separate public meetings: (1) Approve the submission of a notice of
• § 2575 — “Wild rodents” as used in this chapter means wild ground squirrels, chipmunks, rats, mice or any other members of the order Rodentia native to California except muskrats and beavers.
• § 2576 — It is unlawful to knowingly capture for sale, transport for sale or sell wild rodents, except as provided in Article 1 (commencing with Section 1000) of Chapter 3 of Division 2.
• § 2580 — The definitions in this section govern the construction of this chapter.
• § 2581 — If the loss is lawful under this code and regulations adopted under this code, this chapter does not apply to the loss of any bird, mammal, amphibian, reptile, or fish as a result of any of the follow
• § 2582 — (a) The department may impose an administrative penalty upon any person pursuant to this chapter for any of the following acts done for profit or personal gain: (1) Unlawfully export, import, transpor
• § 2583 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), any person who violates this code or any regulation adopted to carry out this code, and, with the exercise of due care, should have known that the birds, mam
• § 2584 — (a) Upon an actionable violation, the department shall consult, as to the appropriate civil or criminal remedy, with the district attorney in the jurisdiction where the violation was alleged to have o
• § 2585 — The administrative penalties imposed under this chapter are in addition to any forfeiture of equipment pursuant to Section 12157 or forfeiture of birds, mammals, amphibia, reptiles, or fish pursuant t
• § 2586 — (a) The director may pay a reward from any funds available for that purpose to any person who furnished information which led to an arrest, a criminal conviction, an order of assessment of an administ
• § 2587 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 12511 of the Government Code, the department may retain or appoint legal counsel to prepare and prosecute civil actions under this chapter.
• § 2588 — All administrative penalties and revenues from forfeitures collected pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited in the Fish and Game Preservation Fund.
• § 2589 — The commission and the department may adopt regulations as are necessary to carry out their responsibilities under this chapter.
• § 260 — (a) The commission and the department may do anything that is deemed necessary and proper to publicize and distribute a regulation governed by this article so that persons likely to be affected will b
• § 2600 — This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Fish and Wildlife Habitat Enhancement Act of 1984.
• § 2601 — (a) The fundamental requirement for healthy, vigorous populations of fish and wildlife is habitat.
• § 2602 — As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Acquisition” means the acquisition of any interest in real property.
• § 2620 — All money deposited in the Fish and Wildlife Habitat Enhancement Fund shall be available for appropriation by the Legislature for the following purposes: (a) Forty million dollars ($40,000,000) for ex
• § 2621 — An annual amount, not to exceed one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), may be appropriated from the funds available pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (d) of Section 2620 in the 1984–85 through 1989–9
• § 2622 — An annual amount, not to exceed two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000), may be appropriated from the funds available pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 2620 in the 1984–85 through 1989–90 f
• § 2623 — (a) None of the funds appropriated pursuant to this chapter may be encumbered for any purpose described in Section 1353.
• § 2624 — Funds available pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 2620 may be encumbered only for lands constituting habitat that is subject to destruction, drastic modification, or severe curtailment of habitat
• § 2625 — No acquisition shall be undertaken with funds appropriated pursuant to Section 2620 and no grant of funds appropriated pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 2620 shall be encumbered until all practic
• § 2626 — (a) All restoration projects which involve the expenditure of funds available pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 2620 shall be reviewed in accordance with Section 31208, 31208.
• § 2627 — (a) Funds granted pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 2620 for any purpose, other than acquisition, shall not be encumbered by the recipient until the conservancy has entered into an agreement suff
• § 2640 — Bonds in the total amount of eighty-five million dollars ($85,000,000), or so much thereof as is necessary, may be issued and sold to provide a fund to be used for carrying out the purposes expressed
• § 2641 — There shall be collected each year and in the same manner and at the same time as other state revenue is collected such a sum in addition to the ordinary revenues of the state as shall be required to
• § 2642 — There is hereby appropriated from the General Fund in the State Treasury for the purpose of this chapter, such an amount as will equal the following: (a) Such sum annually as will be necessary to pay
• § 2643 — The proceeds of bonds issued and sold pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited in the Fish and Wildlife Habitat Enhancement Fund, which is hereby created.
• § 2644 — For the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this article, the Director of Finance may, pursuant to appropriate authority in each annual Budget Act, authorize the withdrawal from the General Fun
• § 2644.5 — Notwithstanding any other provision of this bond act, or of the State General Obligation Bond Law (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code),
• § 2645 — All proposed appropriations for the program shall be included in a section in the Budget Bill for the 1984–85 fiscal year and each succeeding fiscal year for consideration by the Legislature and shall
• § 2646 — The bonds authorized by this chapter shall be prepared, executed, issued, sold, paid, and redeemed as provided in the State General Obligation Bond Law (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Pa
• § 2647 — Solely for the purpose of authorizing the issuance and sale, pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Part 1 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Gove
• § 2648 — All money deposited in the fund which is derived from premium and accrued interest on bonds sold shall be reserved in the fund and shall be available for transfer to the General Fund as a credit to ex
• § 2649 — Commencing with the Budget Bill for the 1995-96 fiscal year, the balance remaining in the fund may be appropriated by the Legislature for expenditure, without regard to the maximum amounts allocated t
• § 265 — A regulation governed by this article is not subject to the time periods for the adoption, amendment, or repeal of a regulation prescribed in Sections 11343.
• § 2650 — The Legislature hereby finds and declares that, inasmuch as the proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized by this chapter are not “proceeds of taxes” as that term is used in Article XIII B of the Cal
• § 2651 — If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the chapter which can b
• § 27 — “Chumming” means the placing in the water of fish, or other material upon which fish feed, for the purpose of attracting fish to a particular area in order that they may be taken.
• § 270 — The adoption, amendment, or repeal of a regulation governed by this article shall become effective at the time specified in the regulation, but not sooner than the date of the filing.
• § 2700 — This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Wildlife and Natural Areas Conservation Act.
• § 2701 — (a) The fundamental requirement for healthy, vigorous populations of fish and wildlife is habitat.
• § 2702 — As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Acquisition” means the acquiring of any interest in real property.
• § 2720 — Moneys available for the purposes of this chapter pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 5930) of Division 5.
• § 2721 — Funds available pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 2720 shall be expended to acquire, enhance, restore, or protect lands in California on which any of the following naturally exists: (a) A unique
• § 2722 — (a) Whenever the application of the criteria specified in Section 2721 results in the identification of two or more parcels of land that are essentially indistinguishable as to their quality, preferen
• § 2723 — (a) Of the total amount available pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 2720, not more than five million dollars ($5,000,000) may be encumbered for any single acquisition project.
• § 2724 — (a) In choosing among two or more parcels of land to be acquired, enhanced, restored, or protected with funds available pursuant to subdivision (b) or (c) of Section 2720, preference shall be given to
• § 2725 — No funds available pursuant to this chapter shall be encumbered for any lands that, due to their degraded character, will not sustain plants or wildlife or will not afford protection to a natural comm
• § 2726 — With respect to any lands which may be acquired, enhanced, restored, or protected with funds under this chapter and which could also be eligible for funds under Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 2600
• § 2727 — No funds available for appropriation under this chapter may be encumbered for any purpose described in Section 1353 of the Fish and Game Code.
• § 2728 — An annual amount, not to exceed three hundred fifty thousand dollars ($350,000) may be appropriated from the fund in the 1988–89 through 1998–99 fiscal years, in an amount to be determined in each ann
• § 2729 — (a) For the purpose of administering this chapter, the Wildlife Conservation Board and the department shall augment its existing staff, whenever possible, by contracting for those services necessary f
• § 275 — A regulation governed by this article shall remain in effect for the period specified in the regulation or until superseded by subsequent regulation of the commission or by statute.
• § 2760 — This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Keene-Nielsen Fisheries Restoration Act of 1985.
• § 2761 — The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) Many of California’s significant fish and wildlife resources in inland and coastal waters have declined as the result of many development projects wh
• § 2762 — (a) The Fisheries Restoration Account is hereby created in the Fish and Game Preservation Fund.
• § 2762.2 — The department may advance partial finding, of up to 50 percent of the amount contracted for, to contractors for projects under subdivision (b) of Section 2762 if the director finds the organization m